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Monday, May 26th, 2014. The date will live in Chicago Cubs history as the day the team didn't suck enough to blow a 8-4 lead against the San Francisco Giants, and gave starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija his first victory in 16 starts.
If you follow the MLB from time-to-time, you might have heard of Samardzija's bad luck. But how bad were the Cubs during this winless streak?
Really bad. Let's look at the proof.
In Samardzija's 11 starts this season (including Monday's start) the Cubs offense has supported him with 32 runs. Two of those runs came from Samardzija driving in runs himself, so the real number is 30.
In those same 11 starts, Samardzija hasn't given up more than three earned runs, hasn't walked more batters than he has struck out, and has maintained an ERA under 2.00. Basically, Samardzija has been pitching like an all-star just with no wins to show for his performance.
Samardzija has been so ridiculously good that it's embarrassing how badly the team behind him has played, and that's saying something when said team hasn't won the World Series since 1908 and has been swept in the first round of its past two playoff appearances.
But Samardzija's bad luck isn't just a string of bad luck or a sign of the "Cubs being the Cubs." No, the Cubs lack of support on Samardzija's starts has broken an MLB record, and not the good kind.
Samardzija's 16-start victory drought was the first time in 100 years a pitcher with an ERA below 3.00 didn't register a win in 16-plus starts. To find the last time something like this has happened to a pitcher in the major leagues, you have to go all the back to 1915 to the New York Giants' pitcher, Rube Schauer when the Giants couldn't produce a win for Schauer for nearly two years.
I guess the icing on the cake after all of this is Samardzija only went 0-6 in the 16 game winless streak compared to Schauer's record of 0-16. Even with that fact, I am still disgusted at the Cubs.
If I were Samardzija, I'd get out of Chicago and find a team that plays like the team that knows what a talent it has on the mound.


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Ext Touch is really amazing stuff, UI and code wise! The team earns all my respect!
I started an app the first day and pretty much copied and pasted the twitter timeline code. I could scroll that dataview up and down all day long on my iPad, so amazed was I with that scrolling behavior (and the mini scrollbar).
Unfortunately, after that first day of excitement, I didn't get much further with developing the app.
It is/was supposed to be an app for managing and creating notes and bookmarks, with some ideas from my web app http://lli.st mixed in.
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Classic Bacon Cheeseburger
6 slices bacon
2 pounds ground chuck (80% lean)
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
6 thin slices extra-sharp Cheddar cheese
6 hamburger buns
6 crisp lettuce leaves
6 slices ripe tomato
Ketchup (optional)
Mustard (optional)
In a large sauté pan over medium heat, cook the bacon until crisp, 10 to 12 minutes, turning occasionally. Remove the bacon and set aside on paper towels to drain. Remove the pan from the heat.
Gently shape the ground chuck into six burgers of equal size and thickness (about 3/4 inch thick). Season both sides of the burgers with salt and pepper.
Grill over Direct Medium heat until the internal temperature reaches 160°F for medium, 8 to 10 minutes, turning once halfway through grilling time. Top each burger with a slice of the cheese during the last minute or two of grilling time and allow the cheese to melt. During the last 30 seconds, grill the buns over Direct Medium heat until lightly toasted.
Serve the cheeseburgers hot on the toasted buns with a lettuce leaf and a slice of tomato, topped with a slice of the bacon. Serve with ketchup and mustard on the side, if desired.
Makes 6 servings.
A jammy red wine will match this classic burger perfectly. Consider a Zinfandel, a ripe Beaujolais from a recent vintage, or a heady Côtes-du-Rhône or Vacqueyras from southern France.
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- You may be looking for Lies and not even know it!
Current affairs is a genre of shit broadcast journalism that specialises in advertising celebrity diets and making you think that everybody in the world is going to rip you off/ rape you. The emphasis in these shows is on detailed analysis and discussion of news stories that have recently occurred or are ongoing at the time of broadcast, or are so crap that they cant be shown on proper news.
This differs from regular news broadcasts where the emphasis is on news reports presented for people who live in a home, work and dont live of the dole.
Types of stories[edit]
There are many types of current affair stories. All of them are so shit that when you watch them, you will end up an illiterate loser, the same affect you get from playing World of Warcraft.
The first type of story is "crazy children" what current affair shows love to do is to dig up shit on crazy out of control children. When current affairs shows show children, they focus on hoony children, especially Prince Harry and Prince William. Usually, the scriptors send hitmen to the homes of well known doctors, and force them to work on their show. Either that, or they get a hobo off the street, dress him up with a lab coat and teach him the little english he needs to know. The Hobo then interviews the child, making it look almost authentic. Sometimes, fake tears and shit are added to the boy, to indicate emotions of greif and fear, when they cry or shat them self.
Fat people[edit]
Another type of story Current affairs use, are miracle cures for obesity, or as it is commonly known, being fat. Obesity is featured in many of their stories, as current affair shows are generally aired in rich countries with lots of western infidels. Examples of these countries are Somalia and Ethiopia, in which over 99% of the population is overweight. Current affairs shows include shows on miracle cures, where fat people can suddenly become thin and then instantly "fit" back into society. Most fat people, however, ignore their "miracle cures", because they involve doors that are too narrow.
Muslims are also getting quite a beating from current affairs. This is because most unemployed shit heads believe Muslims are the problem for everything, rather than just for most things. Also, they have become easy targets as many of them don't speak English. Many of them also don't have jobs as they come from Butt Fuck Nowhere, where they own slaves who do work for them, including their wives. Often, Christian bosses of current affairs shows like to rip into Muslims, as the Muslims ripped into their brothers in the crusades.
A Current Affairs also tend to get muslims and terrorists confused. A terrorist is a name for a muslim who has reached adolescence. Note, there is no name for a muslim who has reached maturity, as they have generally detonated themselves in the name of Islam
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The jobless often receive either good representation or good misrepresentation in A Current Affairs, after they have been rejected by their employers and by society on the whole. Often, the jobless tend to blame migrants for their troubles, as migrants seem to be replacing their positions. Their lives generally revolve around the phrase "yair, I'll do it 'morrow".
Old people are always angry about something, often about crazy children or Muslims which effectively kills two story birds with one shitty stone. Another recurring theme is the grandma getting ripped off by an evil conglomerate story. Basically the story will revolve around the phrase 'who gives a fuck'.
ACA: has recently seen an increase in their share by over 1 cent. This is in correlation with Kevin Rudd's new budget, which allows poor people to get away with dole bludging. Also, the current affairs graphics team have bought new computers, and hired a new graphics engineer , Andrew Gower, who has previous experience working for fagex. These new computers have been placed in his mums bedroom. Also, a new program, Paint, has been found under the accesories tab, which has improved the quality of the picture ten-fold.
Today Tonight: Tonight shares have gone up by 2 cents, which is reflected by an increase in oil price. Their links with Al Qaeda and George Bush ensure them a slice of oil generated revenue from Bosnia. Their share value, however, is expected to drop in the next 10 years, as homeless shitheads are going to be nuked by Dr Frasers 69th reich, which will be initiated by the liberal parties(and Obama)that will rise to power in 2011.
In both cases, it has been reported that Queensland is the major source for about 99.9% of each program's stories. However, both networks have denied rumours that the programs will be moved to Queensland purely on that basis.
There are many conventions associated with current affairs. People usually think its so shit that they dont think about conventions, but they do.
Camera Angle: generally, the camera angle is at eye level. This is so that the presenter can brainwash you into hacking their crap. Also, its for you to see that the presenter is usually some whore who costs 4 cents an hour. If the presenter is a women, a slightly lower-than-eye-level shot is used so the male viewer relates with the body parts they are used to relating with... Sometimes, when doing obesity stories, satellites are used to get a birds eye view. Also, when doing stories on Asians, Indians and other people from the east, top down angles are used to show their insignificance, because of the xenophobic executives.
Reconstructions. these are so shit and so unreal that there is no way to describe them, so here is how to make a current affair reconstruction
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Liening: Landmark contractor claims Minor didn't pay
As Charlottesville native and Internet entrepreneur Halsey Minor continues to fight lawsuits from three different creditors, a subcontractor on his Landmark Hotel project now claims that Minor has not paid them for its services.
Froehling and Robertson, a Richmond-based environmental compliance firm, has filed a mechanic's lien on the Landmark Hotel project, in an effort to compel Minor to pay for $22,713.07 worth of testing and inspection billed beginning last October.
According to papers filed in Charlottesville Circuit Court, F&R sent Minor a bill on October 31, 2008 for its first month's worth of work on the Landmark project. The firm subsequently billed Minor for the next three months, and F&R claims it has yet to see a dime.
Representatives for F&R and Minor had not returned the Hook's calls for comment at the time of this post, but ousted Landmark developer Lee Danielson says this is likely but the first of these liens.
"I know people on this project who are owed everything from $3,000 to more than $300,000," says Danielson. "That's the real shame of this. If you figure everyone working on this project has an average of one spouse and one child depending on their income, there are at least 1,000 people who have been affected by Halsey Minor not paying them."
Indeed a reporter's return trip to the courthouse turned up another lien, this one valued at nearly $137,000 by Baltimore-based interior design firm R.D. Jones & Associates Inc.
Last month, the private finance division of Merrill Lynch sued Minor for not paying back a $25 million loan, and, before that, auction houses Christie's and Sotheby's had each sued Minor for not paying for millions of dollars worth of paintings he agreed to purchase. The Merrill and Christie's suits each claim that Minor knew he did not have the means to pay back his debts.
The lien also comes at a time when Minor is suing Danielson and Georgia-based lender Silverton Bank for breach of contract and fraud in an effort to be released from his contractual obilgations to the project as its owner.
In the suit Minor alleges that prior to firing Danielson as the project's developer in December, Danielson had "prepared and delivered miseleading budgets" in an effort to lure Minor in as a backer, most notably in not including the construction costs of a "first-class, full service restaurant" to be called "minor's." Additionally Minor alleges that Silverton knew the budgets Danielson prepared were inaccurate and did not inform Minor.
"Absolutely preposterous," says Danielson of Minor's allegations. "Minor was informed of his options and signed off on every choice, and I have the paperwork to back it up."
Danielson says he and Silverton are meeting with attorneys to figure out how best to proceed in the courts, but Danielson says a countersuit is imminent.
"It's coming," says Danielson. "It's just a matter of when."
In November, Minor alleged Silverton had withheld its loan money without explanation and told the Hook then he was planning to sue Silverton.
"It's a mess," said Minor. "I put up $7 million in equity up front. They had until Friday to pay $1.1 million, and they just didn't. They flat-out did not pay."
In the middle of all the legal wrangling is the hotel shell itself, which not only remains unfinished, but has not seen any construction work since the February 3 removal of the 10+ story crane.
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How many shoes are gonna drop in this saga? One month of no work on the site and the sidewalk is still covered and water street is still partially blocked off.
At what point does the city do something so that the public is not further inconvenienced by all of this? 2 months? 3?
try 12-18 months before another shovel hits dirt. the more of these suits that get filed, the longer it goes on. considering that nobody has any financial cushion any more, few of the 30 parties involved in this mess will walk away easily. Assume this gets finished around 2013.
Some of you people are pretty hard headed. There is no way on God's Green Earth the city will allow the hotel to sit unfinished overshadowing their new brick for 4 years (2013). Just ain't gonna happen!
The Tyvek blowing in the wind is lovely.
Lee Danielson is a good man and I know this from personal experience and feedback from some people that worked for his family for 15+ years;
that being said, I feel bad for him having to go through all of this mess. If you ask me all these lawsuits Halsey has going on are just a desperate attempt by another has been, uber-rich person trying to get back what they lost in the latter of their rudimetary and frivolous fiscal behavior.
The city needs to make a quick transition of the building into low income housing and get some fast bailout money to complete the project.
Don't worry farmer, the homeless will be camping soon.
I bet Minor commits suicide. Gun, overdose, or ......tall building? I'm a sick puppy.
cville3,I hope they "at least" pay their current employees before they fold.
Dave, whatever happens in all of this, I don't support your speaking of the "suicide piece".
You are not GOD and you are out of line in your suggestion.
What a tasteless bet! You should also be ashamed.
Condemn the building and resell it on the courthouse steps. Use emminent domain. It ABSOLUTELY qualifies as Blight.
The city has the power. Step in and use it.
This will get the parties to the table pronto.
The "City" can't/won't do anything...the bank and Minor own the property and unless the bank forecloses which is doubtful, nothing will happen, hence the filing of lawsuits....It took the City years to get rid of the "attractive nuisances" on the mall * Woolworths and CVS that attracted the homeless and "dancing man". They've spent $$$ with bike police to stop the vagrants from peeing in the doorways of businesses in order to attract upscale tenants and make the mall attractive FOR HIGHER TAX REVENUE so the City needs to CHILL and let the legal process work itself out.
I think it's nice just the way it is. Steel skeleton with tyvek skin towering no make that menacing above all.
cville3, why don't you stop dropping that foolishness in every thread here on The Hook? When and if it happens, I am sure there will be a thread here devoted to it. Then you (and I) can rant about it all we want.
But, if they have to depend on me as a customer to stay in business, they won't. The reason is actually two fold... first, the last time I took a car in for simple repairs they told me it would be 3 days before they could get to it. Secondly, I no longer buy any big ticket items from any local business who has owners or employees as a member of the local Elks lodge.
3 days to get to a simple repair done is not acceptable. Especially after I had purchased the extended warranty and the car was still under warranty. I took a Cadillac I own into a Richmond, Virginia dealer for a MAJOR interior cosmetic repair, and they repaired it while I waited. In and out for a major repair in less than 5 hours. And they also loaned me a brand new Hummer to drive around RIchmond while I waited. Local businesses in Charottesville have a lot to learn about total customer satisfaction in my opinion!


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ATLANTA (CNS) -- During the public sessions of their spring meeting in Atlanta, the U.S. bishops received a 10-year progress report on their abuse charter, voted to draft a message on work and the economy, and heard reports about religious liberty issues in the United States and abroad.
They also listened as an Iraqi bishop made an impassioned plea on behalf of Iraq's dwindling Christian population and called on the U.S. prelates to press the Obama administration to take steps to protect religious rights in the Middle Eastern country.
The meeting was June 13-15, with public sessions the first day and a half; the rest of the time was scheduled for executive session and not open to media coverage.
On the opening day, the bishops voted 171-26 to move ahead with a draft of a message on work and the economy as a way to raise the profile of growing poverty and the struggles that unemployed people are experiencing. It is expected to be ready in time for a final vote at the bishops' fall meeting in November.
Titled "Catholic Reflections on Work, Poverty and a Broken Economy," the message would advance the bishops' priority of human life and dignity to demonstrate the new evangelization in action, explained Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton, Calif., chairman of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development.
It would be a follow-up to a Sept. 15, 2011, letter by Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. bishops' conference, in which he urged bishops and priests across the country to preach about "the terrible toll the current economic turmoil is taking on families and communities."
Al J. Notzon III, chairman of the lay-led National Review Board, presented a report marking the 10th anniversary of the "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People." The charter was part of the U.S. bishops' response to the clergy abuse scandal that was a major concern when they met in Dallas in 2002.
While the Catholic Church has taken major steps in addressing allegations of clergy sexual abuse, it must continue to be vigilant in assuring that victims and their families will receive the attention and care they deserve, Notzon told the bishops.
Meeting that transparency remains a crucial component of building and maintaining credibility among the Catholic faithful as well as the general public, he said.
Despite the successes, Notzon said the church's credibility continues to suffer because many Catholics and the broader community not only believe clergy sexual abuse remains at a high level but also think that local bishops continue to cover up the problem by not reporting allegations of abuse to local authorities.
"This suggests a trust problem and must be met with scrupulous adherence to the charter," he said.
In a presentation on religious liberty issues, Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore ,chairman of the bishops' Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Freedom, acknowledged the U.S. bishops' "fortnight for freedom" campaign has come under heavy criticism in the secular media, in the blogosphere and by some Catholics as being a partisan political effort.
But the two-week period is meant to be free of politics and will emphasize church teaching on religious freedom, he said.
"Already we realize that defending religious freedom is not a walk in the park," he said. "We've seen some reaction to our work that is sometimes hostile, sometimes unfair and inaccurate and sometimes derisive."
The upcoming fortnight, which takes place June 21-July 4, will be a period of prayer, education and action aimed at explaining how a federal health care contraceptive mandate violates religious principles. The mandate requires most religious employers to provide free health insurance coverage for contraceptives, abortion-inducing drugs and sterilizations.
At the end of the discussion on religious freedom in the United States, the bishops affirmed by a unanimous voice vote a recent statement of the USCCB Administrative Committee regarding the HHS mandate titled "United for Religious Freedom."
In his remarks to the assembly, Chaldean Auxiliary Bishop Shlemon Warduni of Baghdad made an impassioned plea on behalf of Iraq's dwindling Christian population, and called upon the U.S. bishops to press the Obama administration to take steps to protect religious rights in the Middle Eastern country.
He said the country's Christians are being targeted by Muslim extremists bent on ridding the country of all religious minorities.
He said in the session presented by the bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace that the difficulties Christians face emerged only after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
"As leaders of the church in the United States," he told the bishops, "you bear a special responsibility toward the people and Christians of Iraq. In 2003 your government led the war that brought some terrible consequences. The U.S. government can and must do all it can to encourage tolerance and respect in Iraq, to help Iraq strengthen the rule of law and to provide assistance that helps create jobs for Iraqis, especially those on the margins."
In a report on the Year of Faith, set to begin in October, Bishop David L. Ricken of Green Bay, Wis., chairman of the Committee on Evangelization, said the 2012-13 church-wide observance stems from Pope Benedict XVI's call for a new evangelization. He said it will incorporate television, radio, social media and numerous online resources to better connect -- or reconnect -- Catholics with their faith.
In a presentation June 14, Bishop John C. Wester of Salt Lake City, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Communications, said the new evangelization calls for using new forms of media to reach people in their everyday lives.
From electronic books to social media to traditional forms of print and broadcast, the church is rethinking how to carry its teachings and its stances on public policy issues to broader audiences, including Catholics, he said.
Serious questions revolve around how to effectively communicate the church's work while remaining true to authentic church teaching, Bishop Wester said.
The spring assembly opened with Mass celebrated by Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory at Sacred Heart of Jesus Basilica, who urged his fellow bishops to recall the life of St. Anthony of Padua to help them renew religious life. The saint -- whose feast day was June 13 -- demonstrated a deep devotion to Christ through his preaching.
"Certainly here our contemporary church ought to seek his assistance since we seem to have lost something of our confidence and vitality in proclaiming the Gospel," Archbishop Gregory said in a brief homily.
"Unfortunately, we may also have occasionally misplaced clerical integrity and the facility of announcing the good news of Jesus Christ with conviction. Religious life has suffered confusion and needs serious renewal. That, perhaps, St. Anthony can once again help us to rediscover," he said.
Bishops Told They Must Embrace New Media for the New Evangelization
By Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News Service
ATLANTA (CNS) -- The new evangelization calls for using new forms of media to reach people in their everyday lives, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Communications.
From electronic books to social media to traditional forms of print and broadcast, the church is rethinking how to carry its teachings and its stances on public policy issues to broader audiences, including Catholics, Bishop John C. Wester of Salt Lake City told Catholic News Service.
"We've got to figure out a way to be where the people are getting their news," Bishop Wester said. "The advantage is the instantaneousness of it. Others are getting the news out there, and so if the church doesn't get her message out there, than other messages are going to be sitting there ... and then it's settled in people minds."
In a 20-minute presentation June 14 at the U.S. bishops' spring meeting in Atlanta, Bishop Wester discussed a series of steps his committee is undertaking to build stronger relationships with millions of parishioners in American pews.
He said there are serious questions revolving around how to effectively communicate the church's work while remaining true to authentic church teaching.
"We used to ask ourselves, 'What do we need to tell the people?' Now we have to ask ourselves, 'What do people want to hear from us?' he said.
The USCCB is developing a new business model that incorporates best practices for its communications work and takes into consideration the way people seek information today and how they might seek information in the future.
Communication has become a two-way street where people expect to interact with sources of information and the church must be able to offer people a chance to comment on the information they are receiving, he explained.
The USCCB will continue to depend on traditional print forms of communication such as diocesan newspapers, but also will utilize multimedia primarily through the Internet to reach new audiences and to draw non-practicing Catholics back to the church, he said.
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, USCCB president, told the bishops that the effort will include the naming of a spokesperson for the conference who would be available around the clock to respond to media inquiries and to be pro-active in seeking to share church views and teaching.
That prospect drew broad support from the bishops.
Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston told the assembly that the church and the Vatican do a poor job of "communicating around controversial topics." He said a spokesperson would be welcome and would help frame information in light of church teaching rather than having it distorted by voices in the media.
"More than a few of us have raised the possibility of having a spokesperson who could respond to situations that appear," said Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta. "I think that's vital because we waste a second and a second could be vital."
He also cautioned that the eventual spokesperson must have the full trust of the bishops so that he or she will have the confidence to know he or she "will not be shot down," he said.
Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami urged that more emphasis be made on developing messages for the growing segment of Spanish-speaking Catholics.
Bishops also raised questions about the cost of a stronger communications effort, saying that the commitment to keep the effort going must be continuous and have the understanding such outreach is "well worth it."
Year of Faith Activities Aimed at Bringing Catholics Closer to Jesus
By Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News Service
ATLANTA (CNS) -- The Year of Faith set to begin in October will give Catholics the chance to experience a "conversion" by turning back to Jesus and entering into a deeper relationship with him, the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis said June 13.
Bishop David L. Ricken of Green Bay, Wis., told the spring meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops that the 2012-13 observance stems from Pope Benedict XVI's call for a new evangelization and will incorporate television, radio, social media and numerous online resources to better connect -- or reconnect -- Catholics with their faith.
Special emphasis will be placed on explaining church teaching through liturgy and prayer, catechetical aids, parish programs, homily guides and online applications and websites. Already weekly posts on Facebook promote the lives of saints and those declared blessed and venerable, while quizzes on the Catechism of the Catholic Church help connect online users with tenets of the faith, Bishop Ricken said.
The Year of Faith opens Oct. 11, the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council and the 20th anniversary of the promulgation of the catechism. It runs through Nov. 24, 2013, the feast of Christ the King.
Pope Benedict announced the Year of Faith in "Porta Fidei" ("The Door of Faith"), an apostolic letter released Oct. 17, 2011.
The observance envisioned by the pope under his call for a new evangelization does not propose new teachings but is "rather a 're-proposing' of the Gospel to those awaiting a first evangelization and those whose roots of Christianity are deep but have experienced a serious crisis of faith due to secularization," Bishop Ricken said.
The bishops' conference has worked since October to develop numerous resources including apologetic material, brochures related to new evangelization and teaching aids for use by Catholics as well as the general public, he said.
Many of the resources are being developed for Spanish speakers as well, he said.
Bishop Ricken said a new online version of the Catechism of Catholic Church is now available on the USCCB website. He also announced that an online version of the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults will be available soon on the site. The online versions have interactive features and are searchable by specific terms. Users also will be able to bookmark specific passages and will be able to view their selections on tablets and smartphones.
A prayer for the new evangelization as well as intercessions for the Year of Faith also are being developed, Bishop Ricken said.
In line with an initiative of the Vatican that European cities implement a "metropolitan mission" program for Lent 2013, a similar effort is being considered for the United States during the same period. Such missions would include catechesis by local bishops, the availability of the sacrament of reconciliation, devotions and popular piety, spiritual exercises and mission-style programs in local parishes, Bishop Ricken said.
Emphasis also will be placed on assisting families in observing the Year of Faith with prayer services and other catechetical resources, he added.
Bishop Ricken said annual events such as the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington in February and the observance of Respect Life Month in October 2013 also will focus on the Year of Faith.
'Fortnight' about Religious Freedom, Not Politics, Archbishop Says
By Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News Service
ATLANTA (CNS) -- Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore June 13 acknowledged the U.S. bishops' "fortnight for freedom" campaign has come under heavy criticism in the secular media, in the blogosphere and by some Catholics as being a partisan political effort.
But the two-week period is meant to be free of politics and will emphasize church teaching on religious freedom, the chairman of the bishops' Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Freedom said in Atlanta.
"Already we realize that defending religious freedom is not a walk in the park," Archbishop Lori said during the spring meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, saying that politics plays no role in the effort.
"We've seen some reaction to our work that is sometimes hostile, sometimes unfair and inaccurate and sometimes derisive," he said.
The upcoming fortnight will be a period of prayer, education and action aimed at explaining how a federal health care contraceptive mandate violates religious principles. The mandate requires most religious employers to provide free health insurance coverage for contraceptives, abortion-inducing drugs and sterilizations.
The fortnight opens with Mass June 21 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. It ends in Washington July 4 with Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and the tolling of bells at churches across the country at noon Eastern time.
Cautioning that derogatory comments can be discouraging, Bishop Lori encouraged his fellow bishops to maintain their focus on religious rights as established in the U.S. Constitution and to avoid choosing to "soft-pedal" the church's basic message.
"Instead I would say these things should prompt us to do exactly the opposite. They show how very great is the need for our teaching and our prayers both within our culture and within our church. It shows how far we have fallen and how far we have to climb before we can rest assured religious freedom stands on firm footing," he said.
During a news conference following the afternoon session, Archbishop Lori said the bishops' religious liberty campaign was being funded by the Knights of Columbus, the Knights of Malta, Our Sunday Visitor and "many other groups as well."
"They (Knights of Columbus) have been generous to a whole variety of causes including this one," he said.
"It is not just one group. It is not in any way partisan in its spirit or its funding. I will say once again that the generosity that we've experienced has been heartening," he added.
The archbishop also said the USCCB has begun considering alternative actions should the U.S. Supreme Court uphold the health care law and should the dozen lawsuits challenging the contraceptive mandate of the Department of Health and Human Services fail to have the mandate overturned for religious institutions.
While not offering specifics, Archbishop Lori said the bishops remain interested in meeting with officials from President Barack Obama's administration.
He also suggested that the bishops' conference may look toward a legislative remedy "even though that's pretty challenging at this particular time in our political history."
At the same afternoon session, the president of The Catholic University of America suggested that the decline in the religious practice across society seems to be playing a role in the growing indifference toward religious rights in the United States.
John Garvey said that if fewer people are practicing religion, as census data and sociological studies indicate, people are less likely to understand that a government action infringes on religious freedom.
"Our society won't care about religious freedom if it doesn't care about God," Garvey explained. "That's where reform is needed. We won't have, and we probably won't need, religious exemptions for nurses, doctors, teachers, social workers if no one is practicing religion.
Garvey suggested that "the best way to protect religious freedom might be to remind people they should love God."
Garvey supported his claim by citing the findings of author Charles Murray in his book "Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010." Murray found, according to Garvey, that among white working class Americans those who profess no faith or attend a worship service only once a year has increased from 38 percent to 59 percent in the last 50 years.
The university president also quoted Murray's findings that point to a decline in marriage in the same demographic group from 84 percent to 48 percent and a seven-fold increase in out of wedlock births from 6 percent to 44 percent during the same period.
Garvey also said infringements on religious liberty such as the HHS mandate as well as a series of other decisions by federal and local governments pose serious threats to religious practice.
As part of his presentation to the bishops, Archbishop Lori reviewed two documents explaining church teaching on religious freedom recently issued by the bishops.
One document, "United for Religious Freedom," which describes various threats to religious liberty in the United States, was adopted by the USCCB Administrative Committee in March.
The five-page statement explained that the bishops' concerns about the contraceptive mandate of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the health care law as well as its "new definition of who we are as people of faith and what constitutes our ministry."
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan moved that the full body of bishops adopt the statement as its own. His motion was approve unanimously.
Archbishop Lori also discussed "Our First, Most Cherished Liberty," a statement on religious liberty issued by the ad hoc committee. He noted that the statement "recognizes that our religious freedom problems in the U.S. pale in comparison to those problems abroad."
Noting that at least 70 dioceses had planned events -- with more
expected -- during the fortnight campaign, the archbishop thanked the bishops
for their support.
Charter Progress Report Details Success Dioceses Have in Abuse Cases
by Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News Service
ATLANTA (CNS) -- While the Catholic Church has taken major steps in addressing allegations of clergy sexual abuse, it must continue to be vigilant in assuring that victims and their families will receive the attention and care they deserve, said the chairman of the National Review Board.
In a report marking the 10th anniversary of the "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People," Al J. Notzon III told the U.S. bishops June 13 at their spring meeting that transparency remains a crucial component of building and maintaining credibility among the Catholic faithful as well as the general public.
He credited the country's bishops for developing more pastoral responses, rather than being concerned primarily with legal issues when allegations are made.
"In the long run, the strictly legal response caused more pain, did more damage and cost more money," Notzon said. "The lesson learned by the church is clear: We must treat those making allegations of sexual abuse with compassion and care. It is not only the best solution, but the right thing to do and an integral part of the church's spiritual mission."
The charter was part of the U.S. bishops' response to the clergy abuse scandal that was a major concern when they met in Dallas 10 years ago.
Notzon also commended the bishops for reporting abuse allegations to law enforcement authorities for investigation, a requirement of the charter. He cautioned that the bishops must continue to do so.
"When one bishop fails to do so, the whole church suffers," he said.
Despite the successes, Notzon said the church's credibility continues to suffer because many Catholics and the broader community not only believe clergy sexual abuse remains at a high level but also think that local bishops continue to cover up the problem by not reporting allegations of abuse to local authorities.
"This suggests a trust problem and must be met with scrupulous adherence to the charter," he said. "The truth is the dioceses and eparchies are still receiving reports of sexual abuse of minors and most are being reported to civil authorities as required by law. Those few cases that are not reported quickly become news.
"The harm that could be done to children and a distant second, the negative publicity that results, should serve as a reminder to all to follow canon law, diocesan policy and state law."
Religious Liberty Concerns, Charter Report on Tap for Bishops' June 13-15 Meeting
By Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- With a long-standing campaign to press its concerns about infringements on religious liberty by governments and the courts, the U.S. bishops will devote a significant portion of their spring meeting June 13-15 in Atlanta to the issue.
The bishops also will receive a 10-year progress report by the National Review Board on the "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People" and hear recommendations from the review board stemming from the study "The Causes and Context of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests in the United States, 1950-2010."
Two hours will be devoted to the religious liberty discussion, which will encompass domestic and international concerns as the bishops continue to rally support for and raise awareness about infringements on religious rights in the United States and abroad.
At the forefront of the bishops' religious liberty efforts is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' mandate that would force Catholic institutions to provide health insurance coverage to employees for procedures the Catholic Church opposes, including abortion-inducing drugs, artificial contraceptives and sterilizations. The mandate was announced Aug. 1, 2011, as part of the rules HHS is issuing to implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed in 2010.
Other concerns have surfaced that worry the bishops, including court rulings and policy decisions that have forced Catholic institutions out of adoption and foster care.
Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the bishops' Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty, told Catholic News Service he will update the status of the series of lawsuits filed May 21 across the country by Catholic institutions and organizations challenging the HHS mandate. He also planned to discuss the major activities around the country for the "fortnight for freedom" campaign in support of religious freedom called by the ad hoc committee for June 21 to July 4.
He said he also will review "ongoing efforts to educate Catholics and the general public on the church's teaching on religious liberty and religious heritage as Americans."
Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, chairman of the bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace, will address religious liberty concerns internationally during the two-hour discussion. Two other speakers will join Bishop Pates during the session to offer ways Americans can be in solidarity with the church abroad.
Chaldean Auxiliary Bishop Shlemon Warduni of Baghdad, who serves as president of Caritas Iraq, will describe the situation facing Christians in the Middle Eastern country.
Thomas F. Farr, director of the Religious Freedom Project at the Berkley Center for Religion Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown University, will provide an overview of challenges to religious freedom around the world.
"Our view is that the two (sides of religious liberty) are very much interrelated," Archbishop Lori said. "It's important for us to keep the torch of religious liberty burning brightly at home so we can be a beacon of hope for people everywhere, particularly for people who are suffering real persecution."
Representatives of the National Review Board will look at the progress made on preventing incidents of clergy sexual abuse since the adoption of the charter in Dallas in 2002 and offer recommendations on how to strengthen its implementation for the future, said Mary Jane Doerr, associate director of the bishops' Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection.
The report will examine accomplishments under the four sections of the charter: healing, effective response, accountability and protecting the faith.
The National Review Board also will offer a series of recommendations to the bishops stemming from the "causes and context" study conducted by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York released in 2011. The study found "no single identifiable 'cause' of sexually abusive behavior toward minors" by clergy and encouraged steps to deny abusers "the opportunity to abuse."
The recommendations will encompass the main factors identified in the study: education, situational prevention, and oversight and accountability, Doerr told CNS.
"They want the recommendations to broaden the audience, not just to members of the church, but to the community at large. We're all responsible for protecting children," Doerr explained.
Carolyn Woo, the new president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services, will address the bishops for the first time. She stepped into her position as head of the bishops' international aid and development agency in January.
The bishops will hear from Bishop David L. Ricken of Green Bay, Wis., chairman of the bishops' Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis, on activities planned for the Year of Faith declared by Pope Benedict XVI, which will run from October 2012 to November 2013. His report will include an overview of the resources the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is developing for use in dioceses and parishes.
A discussion on a proposal for a special message on "Catholic Reflections on Work, Poverty and a Broken Economy" also is planned.
Bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of Oakland, Calif., chairman of the bishops' Subcommittee on the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, will deliver a report on the subcommittee's work.
Bishop John C. Wester of Salt Lake City, who chairs the bishops' Committee on Communications, will report on the work of the Task Force for Communications.
On internal matters, Bishop George V. Murry of Youngstown, Ohio, USCCB secretary, will update the bishops on the development of the conference's 2013-2016 strategic plan. USCCB staff have spent months developing plans to carry out conference-wide priorities under the overarching theme of "New Evangelization: Faith-Worship-Witness."
The update is expected to identify strategies to tackle the priorities of faith formation and sacramental practice, life and dignity of the human person, religious liberty and strengthening marriage and family life.
Finally, the National Advisory Council, which includes bishops, men and women religious, diocesan priests, deacons and laypeople representing the 15 geographical regions of the bishops' conference, will give its regular report to the bishops.


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The third installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, Star Wars : The Rise of Skywalker starts a year after the events of The Last Jedi. The remnants of the Resistance face the First Order once again while reckoning with the past and their own inner turmoil. Meanwhile, the ancient conflict between the Jedi and the Sith reaches its climax, bringing the Skywalker saga to a definitive end.


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Avid readers of the commits list will have noticed an impressive number of commits rolling in from Hannes Janetzek, author of the Everything launcher who is currently in absentia working on his doctorate, and Massimo Maiurana, captain of the translation team who probably eats bricks of bran for breakfast to complement his usual stellar performance in getting changes pushed from the internationalization team. They've both been putting in a lot more hours than usual lately to ensure that things got polished up in time for release, and it shows with the last-minute bug fixes and translation updates.
Ticket #2061: [efm] file icons vanish when doing DND-menu operations
I think this is the last place that the icon disappearing bug could occur.
Ticket #2063: Application Theme – GTK2 Themes some don't update
I guess gtk apps send special client messages to signal icon/theme reloads; now we do too.
Other Improvements Today:
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Wineke: Review of 'Dickens in America'
One summer highlight of the American Players Theatre season is the one-person play featuring an APT stalwart.
Tracy Michelle Arnold captivated a sell-out audience a couple of years ago in "The Syringa Tree." James DeVita wrote and starred in "In Acting Shakespeare," an autobiographical play that was compelling for every minute the actor was on stage.
This summer, James Ridge, an APT veteran of 16 seasons, takes the stage in "Dickens in America," a play also written by DeVita that purports to show what Charles Dickens' last performance in America might have been in 1867 had not the famed author taken sick and, instead, spoken in Wisconsin.
This is a review and we will begin at the second act.
The second act of "Dickens in America" is delightful. Ridge is very funny and very moving. Much of the act consists of Ridge reading parts of "A Christmas Carol," and he makes Ebenezer Scrooge come to life.
The character of Dickens also comes to life in this act. DeVita does a wonderful job of conveying the image of an old man who loves public attention but who is having trouble physically maintaining his vitality.
That was the second act. The second act was really good.
Then there was the first act. The first act was, in most areas, pretty much like the second act. Ridge, as Dickens, read selections from a number of the author's books, weaving DeVita's dialogue between the readings.
But I hated the first act.
Partially, I think, it was that Ridge didn't seem to be in his own character.
People who attend APT performances regularly — and I think we've had season tickets as long as Ridge has been in the cast — get to know and love the actors. No matter what character he plays, Ridge has an element of Fred Astaire about him, witty and elegant but with just a whisper of a sardonic undertone. You come to expect Ridge to be just a bit aloof.
But, here he was on stage shouting out and overplaying Dickens' lines. It may well be that that is precisely how Dickens, himself, read his selections — one guesses the APT folk do some research on things like this.
Nevertheless, the continuing feeling I got during the first act was "Why is Jim Ridge bellowing at me?" It just felt uncomfortable.
The difference between Act 1 and Act 2? I'm not really sure. It may be that we're more familiar with the character of Scrooge than we are with other Dickens' characters. It may be that the act includes more DeVita and less Dickens. What I do know is that I liked it better.
So, do see "Dickens in America." Any play written by James DeVita and acted by James Ridge is worth experiencing.
But, if you are like me and don't appreciate the first act, don't leave at intermission because the best is yet to come.


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CONTACT: Dan Lindblade, CAE, 954/462-4911
Altig to highlight Chamber's Annual Meeting
One of the world's most respected and accurate research economists will be the keynote speaker at the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce's 105 Annual meeting presented by the Galleria at Fort Lauderdale, January 13, 7:30 am at the Global Event Center at First Baptist Church.
Dr. David Altig, executive vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, will meet with the Chamber's Council of Economic Advisors at its quarterly meeting then make a presentation at the annual event attracting 400 attendees.
"There is a lot of optimism for 2015 as we pass the gavel from 2014 Chair Courtney Crush, Crush Law, to Calvin Glidewell, Broward Health Medical Center," said Dan Lindblade, CAE, president and CEO of the Chamber. "Our leadership remains focused on sustaining the free enterprise system within our core economic areas of tourism, marine, real estate and international trade," he said.
The Chamber's leadership team is comprised of Glidewell, Crush, Heiko Dobrikow, The Las Olas Co., 2016 chair-elect, Keith Costello, Centennial Bank, 2017 chair-elect designate, Suzanne Bogdan, Fisher Phillips, general counsel, Michael Pecchia, Ernst and Young, treasurer, Juliet Roulhac, FP&L, elected director, Bill Feinberg, Allied Kitchen and Bath, elected director, Richard Clark, Clark Leadership Consulting, chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, and Candice Ericks, Ericks Consulting, chair of Government Affairs Committee.
The 2015 Chamber Board of Directors is comprised of 69 business leaders elected or appointed to oversee the organization's program of work.
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Jared Polis ($8,420,886)
Rep. Jared Polis, D-Boulder, spent $6 million on his initial 2008 congressional campaign. He made his fortune by selling his online businesses. As of 2011, Polis was ranked as the sixth-wealthiest member of Congress.
Tim Gill ($3,683,894)
Denver-based Gill made a multimillion dollar fortune as the founder of software company Quark Inc. Gill runs his nonprofit organization The Gill Foundation and 501(c)(4) issue advocacy group The Gill Action Fund, both of which have donated substantial amounts to individuals and committees in Colorado and across the United States
Pat Stryker ($3,016,772)
Coloradan Pat Stryker and her siblings control Stryker Corp., a multi-million dollar medical supply company inherited from their grandfather. In 2002, Stryker spent $3 million to defeat a Colorado ballot initiative that would have ended bilingual education in the state. Stryker donates large sums to Democratic candidates and party committees.
Ed Perlmutter ($1,065,772)
Rep. Edwin "Ed" G. Perlmutter, D-Golden, has represented the 7th Congressional District since 2006. As an individual and through his campaign and leadership PAC, EDPAC, Perlmutter gives heavily to Democratic Party committees and candidates at the state and national levels.
Diana DeGette ($967,062)
Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, represents Colorado's first district in the House of Representatives. Through her congressional committee and leadership PACs, including Stem Cell Action Fund, DeGette gives to Democratic Party committees and candidates.
Peter Lewis ($875,650)
The chairman of insurance giant Progressive Corp. is well-known for backing marijuana legalization. In fall 2011, Lewis funded a group that tested advertising and online communications favoring marijuana legalization.
Joe Coors ($789,000)
Coors is running against Democratic incumbent Ed Perlmutter in Colorado's 7th Congressional District. He makes the list for donating heavily to his own campaign, though he's also donating to other candidates this year.
Michael Bennet ($782,155)
Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., loaned his 2012 campaign $500,000, and also formed a leadership PAC, Common Sense Colorado, that is donating to other Democratic candidates and party causes this cycle.
Robert Blaha ($753,697)
This Colorado Springs businessman lost the 5th Congressional District primary in June to GOP incumbent U.S. Rep Doug Lamborn, and loaned $752,082 to his campaign, spending it all. Blaha hadn't contributed to campaigns at the state or national level before starting his own run.
Bruce Berger ($679,950)
Bruce N. Berger is an Aspen-based writer who supports Democratic causes and races across the nation.
William Armstrong III ($623,455)
The Republican namesake of former U.S. Sen. William Armstrong II, Armstrong ran unsuccessfully in 2008 for Congress, finishing second to now-U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman in the 6th Congressional District. He spent $550,000 on his race.
Phil Anschutz ($621,050)
The entrepreneur's main endeavors are oil, railroads and telecommunications, but also include entertainment venues. He supports Republican candidates.
Robert Katz ($522,680)
Robert Katz, of Boulder, is the chairman of the board of directors for Vail Resorts Inc., of RockResorts International LLC and Vail Resorts Lodging Co. Katz donates to various campaigns for individual Democratic candidates, including President Barack Obama, and Democratic Party interests. But he also gave to GOP House Speaker Frank McNulty this year.
Gregory Maffei ($472,305)
The president and CEO of Liberty Media gave $213,000 to three GOP super PACs so far in 2012. But he's also given to Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper and Sen. Michael Bennet.
Chris Findlater — $471,905
Christopher Findlater lives in Florida as a retired energy investor who is interested in journalism, election reform, energy recycling and Amendment IV of the U.S. Constitution. He supports Democratic causes and has contributed specifically to Rep. Jared Polis and Sen. Mark Udall's campaigns.
Top 15 Colorado Organization Power Players
National Education Association ($9,816,251)
The NEA is the largest labor union in the United States representing public school teachers and personnel. A major supporter of the Democratic Party, the NEA's funding comes largely from member dues.
United Food & Commercial Workers ($8,249,834)
The United Food & Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) represents employees at Safeway, Cargill, Kraft, Heinz, Sears and Saks Fifth Avenue, to name a few. UFCW aligns itself with Democratic Party ideals and supports the party's candidates.
American Crossroads ($6,044,397)
American Crossroads is a heavyweight among conservative SuperPacs. Most of Crossroads' Colorado spending was in opposition to Sen. Michael Bennet's 2010 campaign.
Service Employees International Union ($5,957,978)
The SEIU is made up of three worker divisions: health care, property services and public services. In 2008, the national union, as well as handful of state affiliates, gave more than $1.8 million to the Protect Colorado's Future organization to fight anti-union ballot initiatives. But the union also supports Democratic causes and candidates.
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees ($3,957,978)
AFSCME covers four "special national bodies:" United Nurses of America, AFSCME Corrections United, AFSCME Retirees and Child Care Providers Together. According to OpenSecrets.org, AFSCME is the second largest all-time political donor nationally, giving more than $61.6 million in contributions since 1989, mostly to Democratic committees and individual candidates.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce ($3,875,499)
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce represents the interests of 300,000 individual businesses and 2.7 million more trade associations and local Chambers of Commerce. In Colorado, the Chamber spent heavily to oppose the elections of Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet in 2010 and Mark Udall in 2008.
Colorado Education Association ($3,757,605)
The Colorado affiliate of the National Education Association has 40,000 Coloradan educators as members. The group donates primarily to Democratic candidates and causes.
Jacobs Entertainment ($3,493,040)
Based in Golden, Jacobs Entertainment Inc. is a privately owned corporation that builds and operates gaming properties in Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada and Virginia including The Lodge Casino in Black Hawk. Jacobs supports Republican efforts primarily in the states it owns business, and has also spent heavily on casino-related initiatives.
Coloradans for Economic Growth ($3,406,958)
The 501(c)4 nonprofit was founded in 2008 and gave more than $4 million in support of Colorado Amendment 47, an unsuccessful anti-union proposition.
Freedom's Watch ($2,808,671)
Freedom's Watch was a former 501(c)(4) lobbying organization that primarily supported Republican policies and candidates. In Colorado, the group spent to oppose Sen. Mark Udall's 2008 election.
Colorado Business for Sensible Solutions ($2,495,500)
Colorado Business for Sensible Solutions was a 2008 issue committee created primarily to oppose Amendment 47, known as the Colorado Right to Work Initiative.
National Rifle Association ($2,311,432)
Founded in 1871, the National Rifle Association is a supporter of Second Amendment rights. In Colorado, the group works for and against candidates at both the state and federal level.
Planned Parenthood ($2,292,405)
The health care provider lobbies Congress through its own 501(c)(4), The Planned Parenthood Action Fund, which has offices in Washington, D.C., and New York. In Colorado, the group spent heavily to oppose so-called "personhood" initiatives in 2008 and 2010; it also supports mostly Democratic candidates.
Ameristar ($2,117,338)
Ameristar Casinos Inc., owns eight casinos nationwide, one of them located in Black Hawk. With Jacobs Entertainment and other casino interests, Ameristar spent heavily in 2008 to pass an initiative raising stakes at Colorado casinos with tax proceeds going to community colleges.
Patriot Majority ($2,110,000)
Patriot Majority is a super PAC focused on preserving Democratic seats in congressional and gubernatorial races. The group spent heavily to oppose Colorado GOP Senate candidate Bob Schaffer in 2008.
— Katharina Buchholz, Charles Trowbridge and Alison Noon, CU News Corps


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SANTUBONG, Malaysia — As he trudges past chest-high ferns and butterflies the size of saucers, George Beccaloni scours a jungle hilltop overlooking the South China Sea for signs of a long-forgotten Victorian-era scientist.
He finds what he's looking for: an abandoned, two-story guest house, its doors missing and ceiling caved in.
"Excellent. This is the actual spot," he yells.
It is on this site, in a long-gone thatched hut, that Alfred Russel Wallace is believed to have spent weeks in 1855 writing a seminal paper on the theory of evolution. Yet he is largely unknown outside scientific circles today, overshadowed by Charles Darwin, whom most people credit as the father of a theory that explains the origins of life through how plants and animals evolve.
Now, in the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth, a growing number of academics and amateur historians are rediscovering Wallace. Their efforts are raising debate over exactly what Wallace contributed to the theory of evolution, and what role, if any, the spiritual world plays in certain aspects of natural selection.
Beccaloni, a 41-year-old British evolutionary biologist with London's Natural History Museum, is on a quest to return Wallace to what he sees as his rightful place in history. He and Fred Langford Edwards, a British artist making an audiovisual project about Wallace, are retracing the scientist's eight-year trip around Southeast Asia.
Equal billing for Wallace?
Unlike Wallace, Darwin spent two decades developing his theory of natural selection and had far more evidence to back it up, as presented in his defining work, "The Origin of Species," published 150 years ago. But Wallace reached the same conclusion before Darwin published his findings, and Beccaloni contends that Wallace deserves equal billing.
"The Darwin industry is what has distorted the whole of history," Beccaloni said. "People have just concentrated on Darwin and his life and work, but they fail to see Darwin wasn't alone and he fits into a wider picture."
Wallace, a British beetle and bird collector, set off for Singapore in 1854. Eight years and 14,000 miles (23,000 kilometers) later, he returned to England as one of the most celebrated biologists after Darwin.
Often traveling with a lone assistant and enduring monsoons and malaria, Wallace collected more than 125,000 birds, beetles and other animals. Thousands were new to the West, including one he named Wallace's golden bird wing butterfly. He shot 17 orangutans and shipped their skins back to Britain, became a fan of the durian — a fruit known for its thorns and powerful odor — and admired the moral character and mental capacity of the Dyak people of Borneo.
But his biggest contribution to science was his writings in the Malay archipelago on evolution and natural selection, building on an earlier four-year trek to the Amazon.
Seeds of an evolutionary tree
In 1855, he laid out the Sarawak law — named after the place he wrote the paper, now a state in modern-day Malaysia — in which he described evolution as a branching tree. His forceful argument in support of evolution came at a time when creationism, or the idea that God created man, was the popular school of thought.
A year later, he proposed what became known as the Wallace Line after traveling to the islands of Bali and Lombok, in what is now Indonesia. He noticed that bird species were different on each island and concluded that a deep water trench created a boundary that separated the animal species of Southeast Asia and Australasia.
Two years after that, Wallace came up with the theory of natural selection — or survival of the fittest — while bedridden with malaria on another nearby island.
His theory was presented together with Darwin's by the Linnean Society of London on July 1, 1858. Upon his return to England in 1862, Wallace found himself welcomed into a select club of scientists that included Darwin, Sir Charles Lyell, Joseph Hooker and Thomas Henry Huxley.
Wallace became one of the most prominent scientists of his day, publishing more than 800 articles and 22 books over the next 50 years. He was a leading voice in an anti-vaccination movement, a proponent of land reform and the father of biogeography, or the study of the geographic distribution of plants and animals.
Wallace died in 1913 at the age of 90. Over the years, he slipped into obscurity, joining a long list — British scientist Patrick Matthews and French scientist Jean Baptist LeMarc among them — whose contributions to evolution theory have largely become footnotes.
The soft-spoken, baby-faced Beccaloni became enamored of Wallace as a graduate student studying the evolution of mimicry in butterflies. He took up Wallace's cause in 1999 after stumbling upon his poorly maintained gravestone in Dorset, England.
Calling himself Wallace's Rottweiler, Beccaloni has barnstormed across England to preserve Wallace homes and other sites. He convinced the Natural History Museum in London to buy the scientist's insect collection, correspondence and books from Wallace's two grandsons.
He also runs a Wallace Web site and is helping British standup comedian Bill Bailey plan a routine based on the scientist. Beccaloni's biggest job by far, however, is defending Wallace's legacy.
A Darwin 'conspiracy'?
Beccaloni and other scholars claim Darwin conspired to ensure his paper was presented with Wallace's to prevent Wallace from getting sole credit. Roy Davies, the author of "The Darwin Conspiracy," even accuses Darwin of stealing his ideas from Wallace — an allegation dismissed by other Wallace supporters as unsubstantiated.
But Peter Bowler, a Queen's University of Belfast professor who has spent his career studying evolution theory, contends Wallace's achievements have been exaggerated by his supporters.
Wallace did not have the complete theory and nowhere near the evidence Darwin had compiled — and that was needed to win over a skeptical public, Bowler said. Darwin's evidence included fossil records, animal breeding and heredity, while Wallace relied almost exclusively on biogeography.
"How many years would it have taken Wallace to put together the sort of comprehensive account that would have grabbed people's attention the way 'The Origin of Species' did?" Bowler asked. "Without Darwin, I don't think there would have been a great debate about natural selection in the 1860s and 1870s."
Controversy over spiritualism
Also controversial is Wallace's support of spiritualism, a popular movement that held seances and believed spirits of the dead can communicate with the living. He upset Darwin and damaged his scientific reputation by arguing that the development of the human mind and some bodily attributes were guided by spiritual beings rather than natural selection, Beccaloni acknowledged.
That has turned Wallace into an unlikely hero among some Christian conservatives opposed to the teaching of evolution. He is also used to support intelligent design, the theory that certain features of life forms are so complex that they must have originated from a higher power.
Beccaloni groans when the talk turns to Wallace's spiritualism, noting that he wasn't even a Christian. Christian groups are "grasping at straws," he said, and other academics are using spiritualism to diminish his scientific importance. Beccaloni is trying to keep the focus on his earlier scientific discoveries.
In the Malaysian riverside town of Simunjan, Beccaloni was again on the trail of Wallace. Using Wallace's famous travelogue "The Malay Archipelago" as a map of sorts, he followed a rusted railroad track featured in the book, past paddy fields and palm oil plantations, until the road ended in a peat bog.
That's when Beccaloni began noticing chunks of coal sticking out of the dark soil, a telltale sign of coal works that Wallace described in his book. It was here, Beccaloni surmised, that Wallace spent nine months collecting insects, discovering a strange tree-frog and shooting orangutans.
But nobody would know. The site was unmarked.
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Is This Apple's First-Ever TV Commercial?
If you've ever wondered how Apple's commercials have changed and evolved over the years, now is your chance to find out.
One YouTube user has created a playlist of what he or she claims is every single Apple TV commercial that has ever aired, as first discovered by The Next Web. The commercials — 485 in total — are presented in reverse chronological order and show off Apple's best ads like the silhouette iPod commercials of the early 2000s alongside less popular spots like the Genius commercials, which were discontinued earlier this year.
If you make your way to the last video on the last page, you'll find what may be Apple's first-ever TV commercial. The ad, which you can watch below, apparently aired in 1977 (though pitchman Dick Cavett calls the Apple computer "the computer of the 80's") and promotes the Apple II computer.
The commercial offers a funny twist on the idea of what an "average homemaker" would want in a personal computer. Cavett asks the woman in the video if she uses her computer for recipes and household budgeting, to which she says yes, but adds that she uses it for much more complex tasks like tracking gold futures and trend analyses.
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With its speakeasy vibe, complete with exposed brick wall, stone arches and impressive back-lit shelves stacked high with small-batch spirits, The Lexington House would be perfectly at home in San Francisco's eclectic and electric Mission District.
But the surprise is that it's actually in downtown Los Gatos.
No disrespect to that South Bay city intended. It's just that this lively spot has a hipster personality that's rare in this region.
That's probably due in large part to its owners, Stephen Shelton and Jimmy Marino, who took the former Domus lifestyle store back to its roots, playing up its architectural features to the hilt. You can tell Shelton and Marino harbor a sense of fun just from the descriptions on the restaurant's Web site, which state that, "Unattended children will be given espresso and a free puppy," and that there is no dress code for diners, " But please have all your most private areas covered at all times. Yes, that means you."
The Lexington House opened last September. Already, it's packing in the crowds, as evidenced by a recent Wednesday night when I was invited in as a guest of the restaurant.
Shelton and Marino often can be found behind the bar, crafting the restaurant's signature cocktails, such as the Winter Fashion ($12), a blend of cognac, walnut liquor, gum syrup and bitters. The cocktail menu is arranged from lightest to heaviest options. The Winter Fashion was positioned in the last third of the menu, and it was plenty strong yet caressed the palate with its orange notes and hints of nuttiness.


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I always debate whether or not I should keep this desk in our room. It faces our bed on a long wall and I think if I replaced it with 2 long white dressers I might like it better. But then, I really like the color of this wood. I found the desk at a thrift store last year for $14. I sanded it and refinished the wood. Though it's still a bit shinier than I wanted I do love the color and it's complimentary to our light wood bed & all white bedding.
Mostly though, I just like that I could put a few of my favorite things here. The Himmelli light cord was made for me by Melissa of AMRadio and the cat poster was purchased here. The block lamp is from here and they surround a few books I like and some postcards. The boxes are old wine crates we painted and the vintage pottery is West German that I collected from Etsy & ebay. The FDB Mobler chair was a steal that I found on ebay for $10 and painted black, the wood was in very poor condition.
I might change things up a bit in the coming months but for now, I like this little area in our room.
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These details are incredible, Jennifer! I'll take that desk if you ever decide to get rid of it ;)ReplyDelete
Keep it all just as you have it. I LOVE LOVE LOVE your space. especially the desk and your artwork :) Gorge!ReplyDelete
Love your blog and your house. I posted something about it on my blog, hope you don't mind!ReplyDelete
oooh my god. great blog. i fell in love at first sight :).ReplyDelete
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I LOVE your desk area!! If you take the desk away, I'm sure the white dressers would be amazing too, but it is awesome right now!! BTW- i thought of you yesterday. I gave one of my dear friends a pair of your earrings and she flipped out! She LOVED them!! I told her it was a good thing I bought two pairs of the same color, otherwise she would never have gotten them! :-)ReplyDeleteReplies
Ya, I still think I could go either way but I don't really have need to big dressers so it probably won't happen.Delete
You're so sweet Tina, I'm glad you like the earrings aaan that your friend does as well! Hopefully I can sell some on Denmark...in person.
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Looks fantastic.ReplyDelete
That desk is fantastic! Love it, don't leave it:)ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, I LOVE that desk! It looks great, definitely keep it!ReplyDelete
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Last week we learned that Nancy Pelosi has about zero f*cks to give when it comes to basic bitches like Michele Bachmann.
It all started when Michele Bachmann issued this statement following the Supreme Court's marriage equality rulings:
Marriage was created by the hand of God. No man, not even a Supreme Court, can undo what a holy God has instituted. For thousands of years of recorded human history, no society has defended the legal standard of marriage as anything other than between man and woman. Only since 2000 have we seen a redefinition of this foundational unit of society in various nations," she continued. "Today, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to join the trend, despite the clear will of the people's representatives through DOMA. What the Court has done will undermine the best interest of children and the best interests of the United States.
When asked by a reporter how she feels about Bachmann's statement, Pelosi replied with the now-classic line, "Who cares?"
So, what else does Nancy Pelosi not care about?
What else does Nancy Pelosi say "who cares?" about, Instincters?